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Port says treated wastewater is discharged within permits; residents press concerns about runoff and manure application
Summary
Lucia Navarro of the Sunnyside Port District updated the advisory group on wastewater treatment and spray-field use, said the port discharges treated effluent to the canal and does not apply solids to spray fields, while committee members reported local concerns that liquid manure and runoff have caused localized contamination.
Lucia Navarro, representing the Sunnyside Port District, briefed the advisory team on industrial wastewater treatment and the port’s practices. She said the port treats industrial user water, discharges cleaned effluent to the drain/canal under its permit and has previously transferred water rights or foregone irrigation on spray fields during drought years.
“...we do not put solids on our spray fields,” Lucia said in response to committee concern that solids or liquefied manure had been…
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